Select the correct answer.
An elevator at a department store must carry fewer than 17 people at a time. An elevator operator is present in the elevator at all times. If
x customers can travel in the elevator with the elevator operator, which inequality represents this situation?
A. x + 1<17
B. X> 18
c. x+1<16
D. x< 17
E. X+1 > 18

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